Our day at King's Island

Today was the day that Conner and I took our trip to King's Island. We got there around 11:00 after dropping Audrey off with Papa Doug and Weyla Marge. It didn't start out great - the Scooby Doo ride had a line outside the building (that had me worried!) but the bumper car line wasn't too bad. We then waited a little while for the Beastie (I can never remember the name of it now) but after that, the lines went down dramatically.

Conner and I both wore our bathing suits, so after the first 3 rides, I let him run through a water path (I have no idea what it's called [I just looked it up and it's called SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom Bash] - it's basically just a bunch of sprinklers that get the kids soaking wet) and we took a break for lunch. After a detour up the Eiffel Tower (only a third the height of the real one but still very tall!) we made our way to the train that runs over to Boomerang Bay, the water park.

It amazes me how much Conner loves the water - and he's doing such a good job of swimming! It's a shame that he won't have much opportunity to swim in the next 8 months, but I do plan on taking him to lessons that are held at the high school pool (I definitely need to check on dates for those!). We spent a couple of hours over at the water park - in the "little" pool, the big wavepool, at a kids play place, and on a water slide. Finally, we made our way back (via the train) to the dry part of the park, where we proceeded to get wet on the log ride, stopped for some blue ice cream, then finished up with some kiddie rides. We were both definitely ready to leave after our full day - and it turns out that it was after 4:00 when we made it to the car.

We had a great day together! And definitely a tiring one. Conner fell asleep on the way back to pick up Audrey (I actually left him in the van while I went inside to get her - I opened his door so he wouldn't get too hot!). It turns out that she'd taken a long morning nap, but had never fallen asleep in the afternoon. So both kids were wiped out when we got home. Aud went to bed a little before 7... she slept for a while but woke up crying and is currently playing with some toys as Eric and I watch the Olympic coverage for tonight. She seems to have calmed down, so I think it's time to try again!

So, tomorrow's our last day of summer vacation. I told Conner on the way today that I have to go back to school on Thursday. He was like, "Aw. I'll miss you!" It was sweet. I really can't complain about the timing - I know a lot of schools have already started, and I think we were supposed to already have started before they re-did our schedule near the end of the year.

So, anyway, it's after 9:00 right now. Both kids are awake (though both are now in their beds... except Conner's laying on the floor with some pillows) even though they're both super tired. I'm tired, have sore feet from walking around the pavement without shoes on at the water park, and have some sunburn showing up - I probably should've put sunblock on me while I put it on Conner! Oh well. There's only one more day of summer.